Graham Marsden If you look at the intro video to the bottom turn course, the turn that Clay does around the 30:35  mark is closer to what I was actually trying to do.  I projected so far onto the shoulder that all my turns became more of a cutback than a carving turn.

I think part of the issue with my bottom turn is that I start opening my right arm/shoulder before I even travel up the wave.  I get to the top of the wave with my upper body pre-twisted.  I think this stalls the top turn, and forces me to fight through my upper body wanting to counter rotate instead of moving in the same direction as my board. 

Some of my attempts were better than others, but you can really see the way my I open up my right arm too soon in this gif.  I am guessing that may also contribute to being back foot heavy.

What do you think?

Thanks, yeah that screen shot is what I was looking at as well.

Graham Marsden yeah I noticed in most of the clips from the session I wasn't looking back at the foam. Had a little better luck the next session. I really like the Flow State camera system. It shows two different angles of every wave. Plenty of footage to analyze and/or agonize over.

Emily Brooks Thanks! First time at a wave pool like this. Great place to practice. I am getting more consistent with getting the board to turn back to the foam, but I see my biggest issue might be the lack of a proper bottom turn to setup the cutback.

Hoping to work on that next session. I always release my trailing arm behind me while still going down the wave and I think I extend too soon when at the bottom of the wave. I think that throws off the timing of the top turn portion of the cutback.

Jason Daliessio Nice, I'm in NJ.

I'll give my thoughts about it after the sessions and hopefully have some video to post.

I'm mainly hoping to work on improving my front side carving turns/cutbacks.

I think you're trying to do too much with your arms for a ramp that size. There's not enough time to throw your arms straight over your head and then get them back into a good position for the turn. You end up turning with your arms over your head which is probably making it more difficult than it should be, and doesn't really allow you to work on dipping your head.

I get the gist of what you're going for, but I don't think it's the right ramp for it.

Would be curious to see you try a backside run on this ramp where you keep your arms below your head and just focus on the top turn once you've built up some speed. You're already pumping down the ramp which should give you plenty of speed, no need for big sweeping arm movements going up the other side.